A New Orleans man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in setting two separate fires at the same convenience store in 2010. Twenty-three-year-old Lennie Brown pleaded guilty in 2011 to arson charges. U.S. District Judge …
The Coast Guard says it has deployed boom and is monitoring the spot where a towing vessel sank in the Mississippi River near New Orleans. The Coast Guard was notified Thursday around 2 a.m. that the 56-foot towing vessel Justice …
Former professional football players are teaming with New Orleans area builders to construct at least three new homes in the Lower 9th Ward – and they’re hoping to have it done in time for Super Bowl 2013. The effort was …
Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city’s Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water that pushed homes off foundations and stranded residents on rooftops …
Tropical Storm Isaac had nearly reached hurricane strength as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and appeared to be taking direct aim at New Orleans, almost seven years to the day since the Crescent City was …
In one of the New Orleans neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, developers have built a prototype house that’s aimed at providing a quick housing solution for areas blown away by hurricanes and tornadoes or knocked down …
Two law enforcement officers from the New Orleans area have been charged with plotting to make a fraudulent insurance claim. A court filing Friday charges former New Orleans Police Sgt. Kevin Guillot and former Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputy Daniel Spears …
A New Orleans, La., woman has pleaded guilty to making a fraudulent claim for money from the $20 billion compensation fund that BP PLC established in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Twenty-five-year-old Natasha …
The city of New Orleans has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that accused police of ignoring a woman’s complaint that her ex-husband threatened her two weeks before he killed her and a friend, a spokesman for …
Anglers in the wetlands surrounding New Orleans, La., never have to look very far to be reminded they are living the ultimate paradox: They are enjoying the nation’s most prolific coastal fishing in the midst of a terminal environmental disaster. …